QA Team Lead

At Memsource we help our customers go global. We provide a leading translation management system (Memsource) and software localization platform (Phrase), supporting 500+ languages, 50+ file types and covering the full range of enterprise localization use cases. With a global team working from our offices or from home across Europe, US, UK and Japan, we serve thousands of global customers, including leading brands such as Uber, Bosch, Lufthansa, Supercell, Vistaprint and Zendesk.

We are investing more and more into Quality Engineering (QE) here at Memsource. As QA team lead you will become an integral part of our growing development team, assuring that we are able to ship in confidence 

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Providing line management and leadership for a team of QA Engineers
• Understanding the product vision, roadmap, and quality pain points to develop appropriate test initiatives and ensure that we can continue to ship high-quality products without friction and as quickly as possible
• Identifying and implementing (automation) testing tools while introducing industry best practices to provide thorough and efficient testing
• Supporting less experienced colleagues and improving the proficiency of the whole QA team
• Creating comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Both manual and automated UI and API testing of Memsource web, desktop, and mobile applications
• Identifying, reporting, and retesting bugs
• Working closely with developers, customer support, product managers and other involved parties
• Monitor post go-live bugs to identify and fix gaps in testing
  

What you need:

• 5+ years of experience in software testing of different types (both manual and automated, functional and non-functional; web, desktop, and mobile app testing)
• Experience in testing in micro-service architecture, backend testing and/or contract testing of java based applications 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Passion for learning new things
• Willingness to work in an agile development environment
• High proficiency in spoken and written English - we’re an international team and English is our official language

What's a plus:

• Previous managerial experience
• Experience with a variety of automated testing tools
• A broad technical understanding of a wide range of platforms and technologies
• Experience with Cypress automation testing framework
• Experience in performance testing

What you’ll get:

• Work experience in a successful and growing global SaaS company
• Be part of an international team of 250+ in Europe, Japan, and the Americas
• Expert colleagues in their field who are determined to build the best localization platform on the market
• An agile work environment, where it is encouraged to take smart risks
• Take part in a culture full of trust, support and loyalty, where respectful and open feedback is valued
• A positive, open-minded, and innovative atmosphere
• Support in your professional development and personal career goals

What's on top:

• 4 Company holidays additional to your regular holidays (1 day per quarter where the entire company is off to celebrate our achievements)
• Your birthday off because it is important to celebrate you as well
• 2 Giveback days where you can support the local community, volunteer and/or take part in charity events and activities
• A personal Learning & Development Budget
• Access to online language classes
• Travel budget to visit your team in Prague or Hamburg once per quarter
• Modern technical setup and latest software
• Professional and extensive onboarding
• Flexible working hours and home office options
• Additional local benefits depending on the entity you're hired at, just ask your Talent Acquisition Partner 

At Memsource we believe in the critical importance of diversity in all its forms and intersectionalities, and are committed to ensuring that the people we interview reflect this diversity. We therefore strongly encourage people of any identity to apply for our exciting career opportunities. We have taken an active decision to make our work environment inclusive every day, starting at the very beginning of your Memsource experience.

We value and welcome different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds as we believe that these differences make our team even stronger on our mission of opening the door to global business by giving everybody access to the content they need in the language they speak.